Journal-box.



PATENTED MAR. 8, 1904..

J. W. STEPHENSON. JOURNAL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED rm. 2. 1903..

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented March 8, 1904.

PATENT. OFFICE.

JOHN W. STEPHENSON, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL MALLEABLE OASTINGS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORA- TION OF OHIO.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 754,170, dated March 8, 1904.

Application filed February 2, 1903. Serial No. 141,407. (No model.)

box constructed in accordance with my invention, one half of thelid being shown, the other half being omitted for purposes of illustration; and Fig. 2 is a vertical central section on the line II II of Fig. 1.

The purpose of my invention is to provide means for holding the lid of a journal-box firmly to its seat.

It consists in the combination, with the lid and a spring, of a lug on the box having a rib or projection against which the end of the spring bears when the lid is closed. By this means a downward pressure is imparted to the closed lid which holds it firmly to its seat, and thus is of material aid in excluding dust from the interior of the box.

In the drawings, 2 represents the box. 3 is the lid, which is pivotally connected to the,

box, preferably by a pin 4., passing through fiars 5 on the lid and through a lug 6 on the 7 is a leaf-spring which is held at the lower end to the lid, preferably by being fitted detachably in a socket 8 on the lid and at the upper end bears against the lug. The socket 8 has a shoulder 10 at its lower end for supporting and confining the lower end of the spring, and a slot or hole 11 preferably extends from the lower end of the socket 8 to provide a passage for the discharge of any dirt which may accumulate back of the spring. The lug 6 has a rib 9, and the upper end of the spring is preferably rounded, as at 7 by an arc-shaped lateral deflection of short radius. When the lid is opened, the end of the spring rides up over the rib 9 to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings; but when the lid is closed the end of the spring moves down beneath the rib 9 and engaging the latter exerts a tension which tends to force the lid downward. In opening the box the upper end of the spring will ride over the rib, as above stated. Thus when the lid is closed the rounded end of the spring bears endwise against the rib 9, and when the lid is opened the flat inner side of the spring bears against the rib.

The rib 9 is preferably inclined or curved from its middle point outwardly toward each end, thus aflording a projection at the middle which affords a rocking bearing for the spring when used on a box whose lid is adapted to rock laterally on its pivot-pin for purposes of adjustment.

My device is simple and eificient and adds nothing to the cost of the box.

The parts of the box may be modified in form without departing from my invention, since What I claim is 1. A journal-boxhaving a pivotally-movable lid, a leaf-spring having a laterally-defiected rounded end, and a lug provided with a rib or projection against which the end of the spring has an endwise bearing when the substantially as described.

2. A journal-box having a pivotally-movable lid, and a lug provided with a projection or rib against which the endof the spring bears when the lid is closed, said projection having a middle rocking bearing on the inner surface of the spring; substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand.

- JOHN W. STEPHENSON. Witnesses:

J. W. LANE, J. W. LYoNs. 

